HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-084-08/16/2022-APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE GLENMOOR POND ENHANCEMENT PROJECT AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM T RESOLUTION 2022-084
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING AN ART PROJECT FOR THE GLENMOOR POND ENHANCEMENT
PROJECT AND APPROVING EXPENDITURES FROM THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
STORMWATER UTILITY ACCOUNT TO COMMISSION AN ARTIST TO CREATE THE
ART PROJECT PURSUANT TO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City is in the process of implementing the Glenmoor Pond Enhancement
Project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 23-303 and 23-304 of the City Code, one percent of the
funds appropriated for the Glenmoor Pond Enhancement Project was set aside in the Art in Public
Places Reserve Account for use in the acquisition, installation and maintenance of works of art in
accordance with the Art in Public Places Guidelines adopted by the City Council in Ordinance No.
047, 1998 (the "Guidelines"); and
WHEREAS, artist Lisa Cameron Russell was selected through a competitive process to
complete an art project for the Glenmoor Pond Enhancement Project(the "Art Project"); and
WHEREAS,the theme for the site was pollinator gardens,so Lisa Cameron Russell worked
with students from the second grade at Polaris Expeditionary Learning School, which is located
adjacent to Glenmoor Pond, and developed pollinator imagery to use for the Art Project; and
WHEREAS, the project, named Pollinator Salad Days, will be fabricated from weathered
steel and will be fastened to an existing guard rail on the site with complementary whimsical floral
imagery added to complete the composition and add structural support; and
WHEREAS, the railing is visible from Taft Hill Road and located in the natural grasses
area between two pollinator gardens; and
WHEREAS, the art will add to the overall enhancement of the detention pond that will
have pollinator gardens,trees, enhanced trails and an informal outdoor classroom; and
WHEREAS, the Art in Public Places Board ("the Board") approved the design concept of
the Art Project and recommended Council approval at the Board's July 20, 2022, regular meeting;
and
WHEREAS, the funds for this Art Project have been appropriated in the Art in Public
Places Reserve Account in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and the Art in Public Places
Stormwater Utility Account; and
IIEREAS, the budget for this Art Project, including design, materials, fabrication,
signage, delivery, installation, and contingency for these artworks is $55,000 with the entire
amount from the Art in Public Places Stormwater Utility Account; and
WI IEREAS, Section 23-308 of the City Code requires that the Board's recommendations
concerning the use of funds for the Art Project be presented for Council review and approval as
the cost of the art exceeds $30,000; and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Guidelines, a priority in selecting works of art to be acquired
with restricted Utilities' Art in Public Places Funds is that the art relates to and logically connects
with the source of the funds used to acquire the artworks; and
WHEREAS, City Code Section 23-303(c) provides that Art in Public Places funds shall
only be expended for the acquisition or lease of works of art that provide a betterment to the utility
or are otherwise determined by the City Council to be for a specific utility purpose that is beneficial
to the rate payers of such utility; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that expending funds from the Utilities' Art in Public
Places Funds for the selected Art Project relates to, logically connects with,and benefits the utility
rate payers by providing a visual interpretation of how stormwater plays a vital role to the citizens
of Fort Collins and the ecology of the City, thereby providing education to the public about such
utility.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals above.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby approves the use of previously appropriated
funds in an amount not to exceed $55,000 from the Art in Public Places Stormwater Utility
Account for the Art Project described herein for inclusion in the Glenmoor Pond Enhancement
Project, the conceptual design for which was reviewed and approved by the Art in Public Places
Board on July 22, 2022.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 16flh
day of August, A.D. 2022.
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